I'm new to phpBB having just installed it for the first time. It went pretty easily.

I find that when I set up email to go to an external SMPT server the button "send a test email" results in a error even though the setup is correct. I suggest that there should be a note associated with the button that says it doesn't work if you've set up to communicate with an external server. Such a note would sure have saved me a few of hours of work, plus a needless call to my ISP. It doesn't really matter that it doesn't work, what matters is that your users understand when it does and when it doesn't.